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When Faith and Culture Collide: Matt Messner
Modern christian students face a myriad of challenges to their faith. The Christian worldview has received assault from various directions in the modern era leaving the Christian student adrift on the sea of culture. The dominant voices of the West have infiltrated the church and Christian education in such a fashion as to confuse the
Read moreAlumni Spotlight: Harvey Wang ’20
On the date of September 7, 2016, a young fourteen-year-old atheist boy walked through the school gate. He had no friends, he could not speak any English, and he did not know God. But life is full of surprises, and the young boy did not know his life would be changed forever in the next
Read moreAlumni Spotlight: Ella Whitehouse ’20
I would unquestioningly be an entirely different person without the mental and spiritual sharpening and training that Woodcrest Christian instilled in me. The single, most valuable skill that Woodcrest Christian has helped me develop is the ability to think critically about life and Christianity. When I first signed up for AP classes, I soon realized
Read moreThe Battle For Truth: Vice Principal, Brandon Imbriale
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” as the word of the year. They defined the word as: “relating to or denoting the circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals.” There was a massive spike in the usage of the term in mid to late 2016 around the
Read moreAlumni Spotlight: Sean Matthews
What is one principle that math has in common with being an entrepreneur? According to Woodcrest Christian alumnus and Aerospace mathematician Sean Matthews, both demand knowing how to solve problems. In 2008, Sean’s sophomore year, he had a problem. He needed money to attend a New York Leadership Conference. He set off for a solution Read moreIn the Spotlight: Katie Kanning ’15
One of Katie Kanning’s earliest experiences in business came in 6th grade when she began selling chocolate door-to-door as a fundraiser for the annual Woodcrest Christian Day School 6th grade trip to Sacramento/San Francisco. She raised not only enough money for her own ticket, but also for her mother’s, with $100 left over. After the
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